Concept Guide
Table Of Contents
- About this Guide
- About Instant
- Setting up a W-IAP
- Automatic Retrieval of Configuration
- Instant User Interface
- Initial Configuration Tasks
- Customizing W-IAP Settings
- Modifying the W-IAP Host Name
- Configuring Zone Settings on a W-IAP
- Specifying a Method for Obtaining IP Address
- Configuring External Antenna
- Configuring Radio Profiles for a W-IAP
- Configuring Uplink VLAN for a W-IAP
- Changing the W-IAP Installation Mode
- Changing USB Port Status
- Master Election and Virtual Controller
- Adding a W-IAP to the Network
- Removing a W-IAP from the Network
- VLAN Configuration
- IPv6 Support
- Wireless Network Profiles
- Configuring Wireless Network Profiles
- Configuring Fast Roaming for Wireless Clients
- Configuring Modulation Rates on a WLAN SSID
- Multi-User-MIMO
- Management Frame Protection
- Disabling Short Preamble for Wireless Client
- Editing Status of a WLAN SSID Profile
- Editing a WLAN SSID Profile
- Deleting a WLAN SSID Profile
- Wired Profiles
- Captive Portal for Guest Access
- Understanding Captive Portal
- Configuring a WLAN SSID for Guest Access
- Configuring Wired Profile for Guest Access
- Configuring Internal Captive Portal for Guest Network
- Configuring External Captive Portal for a Guest Network
- Configuring Facebook Login
- Configuring Guest Logon Role and Access Rules for Guest Users
- Configuring Captive Portal Roles for an SSID
- Configuring Walled Garden Access
- Authentication and User Management
- Managing W-IAP Users
- Supported Authentication Methods
- Supported EAP Authentication Frameworks
- Configuring Authentication Servers
- Understanding Encryption Types
- Configuring Authentication Survivability
- Configuring 802.1X Authentication for a Network Profile
- Enabling 802.1X Supplicant Support
- Configuring MAC Authentication for a Network Profile
- Configuring MAC Authentication with 802.1X Authentication
- Configuring MAC Authentication with Captive Portal Authentication
- Configuring WISPr Authentication
- Blacklisting Clients
- Uploading Certificates
- Roles and Policies
- DHCP Configuration
- Configuring Time-Based Services
- Dynamic DNS Registration
- VPN Configuration
- IAP-VPN Deployment
- Adaptive Radio Management
- Deep Packet Inspection and Application Visibility
- Voice and Video
- Services
- Configuring AirGroup
- Configuring a W-IAP for RTLS Support
- Configuring a W-IAP for Analytics and Location Engine Support
- Managing BLE Beacons
- Clarity Live
- Configuring OpenDNS Credentials
- Integrating a W-IAP with Palo Alto Networks Firewall
- Integrating a W-IAP with an XML API Interface
- CALEA Integration and Lawful Intercept Compliance
- Cluster Security
- W-IAP Management and Monitoring
- Uplink Configuration
- Intrusion Detection
- Mesh W-IAP Configuration
- Mobility and Client Management
- Spectrum Monitor
- W-IAP Maintenance
- Monitoring Devices and Logs
- Hotspot Profiles
- ClearPass Guest Setup
- IAP-VPN Deployment Scenarios
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
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For more information on configuring AirGroup services, see Configuring AirGroup and AirGroup Services on a
W-IAP on page 285.
AirGroup Components
AirGroup leverages key elements of the Dell solution portfolio including operating system software for Instant,
ClearPass Policy Manager, and the VLAN-based or role-based filtering options offered by the AirGroup services.
The components that make up the AirGroup solution include the Instant, ClearPass Policy Manager, and
ClearPass Guest. The version requirements are described in the following table:
Component
Minimum Version for mDNS
Services
Minimum Version for DLNA
Services
Instant Instant 6.2.0.0-3.2.0.0
Instant 6.4.0.2-4.1.0.0
ClearPass Policy Manager software ClearPass Policy Manager 5.2
ClearPass Policy Manager 6.2
ClearPass Guest Services plugin
ClearPass Guest 6.2.0 ClearPass Guest 6.3.0
Table 62: Instant, ClearPass Policy Manager, and ClearPass Guest Requirements
Starting from ClearPass Policy Managerversion 6.0, the ClearPass Guest and the AirGroup Services plug-in are
integrated into a single platform.
AirGroup maintains seamless connectivity between clients and services across VLANs and SSIDs. The following
table summarizes the filtering options supported by Instant:
Features Instant Deployment Models
Integrated with ClearPass
Guest
Integrated with
ClearPass Policy
Manager
Allow mDNS and DLNAtraffic to propagate
across subnets/VLANs
Yes Yes
Limit mDNS and DLNAtraffic on the network Yes Yes
VLAN-based AirGroup service policy
enforcement
Yes Yes
User-role-based AirGroup service policy
enforcement
Yes Yes
Portal to self-register personal devices No Yes
Device-owner-based policy enforcement No Yes
Shared user-list-based policy enforcement No Yes
Shared role-list based-policy enforcement No Yes
Table 63: AirGroup Filtering Options